Re: Turbo Pascal (times are hard :)

[Exce§§ion <ironwave@mweb.co.za>]

Thanks for your reply, most appreciated.


Marc Hernandez wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, [iso-8859-1] Exce§§ion wrote:
>
> > Hi, When i asked if Turbo Pascal could be used to make a RPG game (even
> > a crud one : ) I was expecting maby a few messages telling me to swop
> > languages, not everyone here telling me that its hopeless :)
>
>         Actually I responded to those incorrect messages replied to keep
> using Pascal.  It is neither hopeless, nor do you have to switch
> languages.  The practice of programming is independant of implementation
> language.  Getting a job requires having specific skills along with the
> more general knowledge/experience.
>
> > I took you're guys advice though and got myself a copy of VC ++ ver4. I
> > had previously been using that Turbo C++ v3 and have a pretty good
> > understanding of the language, and was also using TP7.
> > What I want to know is if THIS is the right thing now :) and if I can
> > use the latest versions of DirectX with VC++ v4, or do I need ver6.
>
>         You can do it with 4.0.  Make sure and get the latest service pack
> for it.  If you are a student, v6 is $50 USD for standard and $100 USD for
> professional.
>         I would personally just spend a little time messing with C++ and
> directX and the rest writing your game.
>
> > I'm still going to do that game in TPascal though and when I'm finished
> > Im going to upload it to my site for all you miffs ,who said I wouldent
> > be able to do it, to download..... - I will accept your deepest
> > apologizes in the form of cheques :-)
>
>         This is the wisest course.  Getting a complete game done would be
> significantly more rewarding and beneficial than getting frustrated
> writing a game and learning a language.
>
> > *PS If there IS anyone that is using TP to program I need a little advice :)
> > I am using :
> > Move(mem[VGA:Count*320],mem[VGA:Count*320+1],320);
> > to scroll my screen(I swop values to move in different directions). Although this isent slow, is there another method(maby
> > some fast ASM variant) that I can use to scroll my entire screen 1pixel at a time in a selected direction.
>
>         You should look around for 8way smooth scrollers for pascal.  They
> should show how to do this.  x2ftp.<something like xoulu>.fi used to have
> tons of oldish game programming source.
>
> --
> Marc Hernandez
>
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